Belt guide and stay



D. F. BUSSKDHL.

BELT GUIDE AND STAY.

APPLICATIDN FILED JULY 15.1919. RENEWED-SEPT. l3, 1921.

1,410,549. Patented M81128, 1922.

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Application filed July 15, 1919, Serial No. 310,900.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DICK F. BUssKoHL, a citizen of the United States, Pedro in the county of Pennington and State of South Dakota, have invented certain nev and useful Improvements in Belt Guides and Stays, of which the following is a specification.

In the operation of agricultural machinery, such as threshers, hullers and the like, a portable traction engine is generally employed in the open and a crossed drive belt is utilized as means for transmitting power from the traction engine tothe mechanism to be driven. When the wind is blowing considerable diiiiculty is experienced in mantaining the drive belt in operative position and particularly is this the case when the wind is blowing in a direction to exert a pressure against a side of the belt. As a result there is a tendency to cause displacement of the drive belt from the pulleys of the engine and machine being driven.

The present invention provides means for sustaining the drive belt against the pressure of the wind so as to hold the belt upon the pulleys of the engine and machine being operated. In accordance with this invention a guide or stay of peculiar form is provided and staked t the ground opposite the point of crossing of the runs of the belt and upon the side thereof to sustain the belt against the ressure of the wind. 7

The 'drawingillustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet difierent conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a front view of a belt guide or stay having two of the rollers in line.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 turned so as to disclose the three rollers.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 2 looking upward as designated by the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the application of the invention.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawing by like reference characters.

Specification of Letters Patent.

residing at Patented Mar. Renewed September 1; 1921 Serial No. 560.435.

The device comprises like plates 1, tie rods 2 connectingthe plates and rollers which are journaled at their ends in the plates 1. It has been found that three rollers give the best results when disposed as indicated most clearly in Fig. that about in line with the angles of an equi lateral triangle. The plates 1 are of like formation and each is of the form of an equi-lateral triangle and is provided with a plurality of openings 4; to receive pins or stakes 5, whereby the device may be firmly secured to the ground when in operative po sition. Both ends of the device being alike, it is obvious that either end may be staked to the ground when in service. The tie rods 2 have their end portions threaded and passed through openings in the plates 1. A pair of binding nuts 6 are mounted upon each end of each of the tie rods and serve to secure the plates 1 in the required. adjusted position. The rollers 3 may be of any form and are journaled at their ends to the angular portions of the plates, exterior to and adjacent the respective tie rods 2. It is to be understood that the plates 1 may be of any construction and that the tie rods and rollers may be of any length depend ing upon the particular use of the device.

In Fig. 4;, the numeral 7 designates the drive pulley of a portable traction engine and 8 the driven pulley oi the thresher or other machine to be driven. These two pulleys are connected by means of a drive belt 9 which as shown is crossed mid ai of its ends. It will thus be u filer-stood that the middle portion of the drive belt presents a relatively large surface for the action of the wind. The letter A designates a guide or stay disposed upon the leeward side of the drive belt opposite the point of crossing and is securely red to the ground by pegs or stakes driven through the openings-of the lowermost plate. The device is so placed that one or two of the pulleys 8 are in contact with the leeward side of the drive belt so as to sustain the same against the action of the wind and prevent any tendency to displacement of the drive belt from either one or both of the pulleys 7 and 8.

The foregoing description and the drawing have reference to what may be consldered the preferred, or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and tall \a'ithi'n the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I clann as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 7 .7

A belt gulde and stay, comprising spaced plates having the form of an equilateral triangle and provided with openings for the 

